Serpentine
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New York Times Bestseller: The nightmare odyssey of a charismatic serial killer and a trail of terror stretching halfway around the world. There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka "The Serpent." A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the "hippie trail" between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naïve travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj's victims may be more than twice that amount.
Subjects
Subjects
Asia
Biographies
Biography
Case studies
Crime
Criminals
Criminals -- Biography
Criminology
Electronic books
History
Leclerc, Marie Andrée
Leclerc, Marie Andrée, -- 1945-1984
Murder
Murder -- Europe -- Case studies
Murder -- Southeast Asia -- Case studies
Serial murders
Sobhraj, Charles
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
True crime
Biographies
Biography
Case studies
Crime
Criminals
Criminals -- Biography
Criminology
Electronic books
History
Leclerc, Marie Andrée
Leclerc, Marie Andrée, -- 1945-1984
Murder
Murder -- Europe -- Case studies
Murder -- Southeast Asia -- Case studies
Serial murders
Sobhraj, Charles
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
True crime
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9780440176114
9781504043274
9781977326638
9781504043274
9781977326638
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Grouping Title | serpentine |
Grouping Author | thomas thompson |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-24 01:18:20AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-25 20:55:24PM |
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New York Times Bestseller: The nightmare odyssey of a charismatic serial killer and a trail of terror stretching halfway around the world. There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka "The Serpent." A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the "hippie trail" between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naïve travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj's victims may be more than twice that amount.
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1981
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1981
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Open Road Media
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Open Road Media
Tantor Media, Inc
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Asia
Biographies
Biography
Case studies
Crime
Criminals
Criminals -- Biography
Criminology
Electronic books
History
Leclerc, Marie Andrée, -- 1945-1984
Murder
Murder -- Europe -- Case studies
Murder -- Southeast Asia -- Case studies
Serial murders
Sobhraj, Charles
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
True crime
Biographies
Biography
Case studies
Crime
Criminals
Criminals -- Biography
Criminology
Electronic books
History
Leclerc, Marie Andrée, -- 1945-1984
Murder
Murder -- Europe -- Case studies
Murder -- Southeast Asia -- Case studies
Serial murders
Sobhraj, Charles
Social sciences
Southeast Asia
True crime
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Serpentine [electronic resource] / Thomas Thompson
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Biography
Crime
Criminals
Criminology
Electronic books
History
Leclerc, Marie Andrée
Murder
Serial murders
Sobhraj, Charles
Social sciences
True crime
Crime
Criminals
Criminology
Electronic books
History
Leclerc, Marie Andrée
Murder
Serial murders
Sobhraj, Charles
Social sciences
True crime
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